Most of the time, I’ve been really fortunate to work with people who are really fun to work with.
ALAN ARKIN
ALAN ARKIN
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[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.
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Alan ArkinAlan Arkin I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
Alan ArkinAlan Arkin Two-thirds of American movies are extensions of commercials — they tell you how to feel and they tell you how to think — rather than letting you figure it out on your own.
Alan ArkinAlan Arkin I know that if I can’t move people, then I have no business being an actor.
Alan ArkinAlan Arkin My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.
Alan ArkinAlan Arkin Hollywood is a strange place. The class structure here is more rigid than almost anyplace I’ve ever experienced. It’s made more difficult by the fact that it’s constantly changing.
Alan ArkinAlan Arkin I gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
Alan ArkinAlan Arkin It keeps it more of a surprise. I don’t feel like it has to be a mystery.
Alan ArkinAlan Arkin You know what Andy Warhol’s sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell’s Soup a household word.
Alan ArkinAlan Arkin As hard as it is in your work, it’s harder in your life. But it can be done.
Alan ArkinAlan Arkin Either you’re growing or you’re decaying; there’s no middle ground. If you’re standing still, you’re decaying.
Alan ArkinAlan Arkin I had a bunch of lean years where I had to do things, a lot of which I wasn’t wildly enthusiastic about.
Alan ArkinAlan Arkin I’ve always considered myself an actor, but I wasn’t making a living as an actor.
Alan ArkinAlan Arkin Ten years ago, it would have been impossible to imagine a Cockney singing group with a Southern Negro style and Indian and electronic music.
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